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On a night that was intended to mark the return of Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose from a devastating knee injury, Indiana Pacers All-Star Paul George gruesomely broke his right leg during Team USA’s exhibition game at the Thomas & Mack Center on Friday in Las Vegas.

George underwent successful surgery to repair the open tibia-fibula fracture, USA Basketball said in a release early Saturday morning, and is expected to remain in the hospital for about three days. George will “probably” miss the entire 2014-15 NBA season, one source close to George told Yahoo Sports’ Marc Spears.

Pacers president Larry Bird said in a statement Saturday morning that it was too early to speculate on a specific timetable for George’s return, but the team is hopeful Paul will return to Indianapolis next week to continue his recovery.

“Our initial discussions with our doctors and the doctors in Las Vegas have us very optimistic,” Bird said.

Early in the fourth quarter Friday, George attempted to block a shot by Rockets guard James Hardenbut landed awkwardly, his leg buckling against the basket stanchion. While the extent of damage was unclear immediately after the injury occurred, the severity of damage to George’s leg was immediately apparent, with teammates and coaches unable to mask their concern.

WARNING: The footage is graphic:

As teammates and fans looked on, George was treated on the floor for 15 minutes before he was taken to the Las Vegas Hospital for Special Surgery. Moments later, the remaining minutes of the game were canceled, with coach Mike Krzyzewski addressing the crowd about the injury to the Pacers star.

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According to amusing tweets from a sergeant with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department

If you freaked out about Facebook going down earlier today, we hope your next call wasn’t 911. Sounds obvious, right? Apparently not to everyone, according to these tweets from Sergeant Burton Brink of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department:

Add this incident to the list of inappropriate times to call the police – from the British woman who called 999 because the ice cream man didn’t put enough sprinkles on her ice cream to the Florida womanwho called 911 because she claimed a restaurant served her undercooked waffles.